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Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Date

1887-1903

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

EQUIPMENT-Test

Manufacturer

Smithsonian Institution

Physical Description

Small, horizontal, cylinder-shaped tank (w/bent tubing). Please refer to Model "E", ("Alcohol Aeolipiles"), "Langley Memoir of Mechanical Flight", p.57. pl 12" for reference. The pictures in the "Media File" of TMS are the same referenced in Langley's memoirs.

Dimensions

3-D: 18.1 × 8.3 × 6.7cm (7 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)
Storage: 24.8 × 14.6 × 11.7cm (9 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)

Materials

Copper Alloy
Ferrous Alloy
Solder

Inventory Number

A19820784000

Credit Line

Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Restrictions & Rights

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